McCain’s Legacy, NAFTA, Google, and Printed Guns

The Politics Guys

Michael Baranowski

Politics, News

4.5 • 772 Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2018

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Trey and Mike open this week looking at Senator John McCain’s legacy in the American political system. Whether you gave money to his campaign like Mike, or disagreed with his policies like Trey, both Guys agree that McCain was a honest Senator who worked tirelessly for his vision of a better United States. The question remains how the Senators of the future will — or can — carry on that legacy. Next Mike and Trey turn to NAFTA renegotiation. It appears that Mexico and the U.S. are close to a bilateral deal. Canada, although it missed a deadline on Friday, could still be part of an agreement. It is unclear what all the specifics will be or if it will be a new multinational trade deal or two bilateral agreements. The Guys then turn to Trump and Google’s spat this week. Trump accused Google of advancing Obama over himself and Google quickly fired back that it has followed an identical policy for all Presidents. This spat may have been good cover for the Google and MasterCard agreement coming out this week. Finally Trey and Mike turn to the ongoing legal questions surrounding 3D printing guns. As the stay continues on releasing them Trey argues it may be time to look to the history of pornography as a blueprint for how to address the issue. Listener support helps make The Politics Guys possible. If you're interested in supporting the show, go to, politicsguys.com/support. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-politics-guys/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the politics, guys, a place for bipartisan, rational, and civil debate on American politics and policy.
0:05.8	I'm Trey Orndorf, a political scientist at Oklahoma Christian University.
0:09.4	I'm joined by Michael Baranowski, a political scientist at Northern Kentucky University as we tackle a busy week in politics.
0:16.3	Michael, how are you doing this week?
0:18.0	I'm doing okay. How about you, Trey?
0:20.3	Well, I am slowly but surely becoming a sooner.
0:23.8	So I guess the sooner, the better.
0:27.0	Oh, oh, oh.
0:28.5	We're going to just move on and pretend you didn't say that, I think.
0:34.0	I didn't sing anything from like Oklahoma.
0:36.6	So I'm saving that for a future week.
0:39.0	Yes, yes, let's save that.
0:42.6	So this week, I think one of the overarching stories has been the legacy and the passing of
0:51.1	Senator McCain and then obviously a number of the more petty questions
0:57.3	that I think, in larger, more substance questions that has come out of it.
1:01.7	So, Michael, what do you think is the legacy of John McCain in the political system as a
1:08.4	senator? And to what extent do you think his passing has had any kind of impact this week on the political system?
1:16.6	Well, you know, I've been doing a lot of thinking about that this last week, Trey.
1:21.6	I actually was a big fan of John McCain, well, for a long time. I remember very well his 2000 presidential
1:30.4	candidate. In fact, that was the first and only presidential campaign I've ever given,
1:37.4	donated to, essentially, got the t-shirt the whole bit, and I was I was on board with John McCain.
1:43.8	And I think the reason why is why I sort of appreciated him
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